Let’s learn a various sort of poker other than holdem, 7 card stud, 5 card draw and Omaha. Yes, pai gow poker. Now you need to be wondering that pai-gow sounds a bit Chinese; yes you’re right this game is really a mixture of the Chinese game pai-gow and our very own Yankee poker. Surely this is not one of the most well-known forms of poker but still it’s widely bet. It may be bet by up to seven gamblers.
It is played with 1 deck of 52 cards, plus a joker. Interestingly, the joker can be employed only as an ace, to complete a straight, a flush, a straight flush, or a royal flush. The essential thing here to keep in mind is other than the normal rating of hands we have 1 more winning hand that is "Five Aces" (five aces which includes the joker). Surprisingly, 5 aces defeat all other hands including royal flush.
Every gambler is dealt 7 cards. The cards are arranged to form two hands; a two card hand and a five card hand. The five card hand must rank greater or be equal to the 2 card hand. Finally each of your hands must rank greater than each of your opponents hands (both five and 2 card hands). Further the two card hand can only have 2 permutations; one pair and high card.
Right after the cards are organized in to 2 hands, they are positioned on the table face down. Once you lay them down, you may not touch them. The dealer will flip over his cards and make his hands. Each gamblers hand is in comparison to the croupier’s hands. If the player wins 1 hand and manages to lose the other, this is identified as "push" and no money is exchanged. If dealer wins both hands then he/she wins the gamblers wager and the opposite way round. Now what if there’s a tie, the only edge with the dealer here is they wins all ties.
Right after the hand is wagered, the next individual clock-wise becomes the dealer and the subsequent hand is wagered. The major disadvantage to this casino game is that there is no skill involved and you rely too much on good fortune. Also the chances are weak in comparison to playing with a pot.